Tie holder



July 21, 1959 R. J. WEBER 2,895,521

TIE HOLDER Filed May 23, 1957 INVENTOR. P0315971! 7/6352, BY

TIE HOLDER Robert J. Weber, Indianapolis, Ind.

Application May 23, 1957, Serial No. 661,190

3 Claims. (Cl. 150-1) This invention relates to a tie holder, and more particularly to a holder for pre-tied clip-on bow ties and untied four-in-hand and bow ties.

It is an abject of my invention to provide a tie holder of the type referred to above which will be inexpensive to manufacture, and which will present an attractive appearance. It is a further object of my invention to provide a tie holder which will hold a plurality of ties in a position of ready access, which will protect the ties from wrinkling and becoming soiled, and which will hold said ties when it is in an extended display position or when it is compactly folded for packing away, as in a suitcase or drawer.

In carrying out my invention I provide a portfolio desirably formed froma foldable material and having a back wall and a pair of front flaps. Conveniently, the flaps are secured to the back wall margins to form a front closure for the portfolio and to divide the portfolio into two tie-holding sections. Disposed in each of the tieholding sections are mounting straps secured at each of their ends to the back wall and adapted to hold a plurality of ties.

Desirably, there is provided a stiffened sleeve-forming strip extending transversely across the back face of the back wall and adapted to receive a supporting member for supporting the holder in an extended display position. Conveniently, a plurality of co-operating interlocking snaps are disposed along the strip margins for releasably retaining said strip about a supporting member.

The accompanying drawing illustrates my invention. In such drawing:

Fig. 1 is an isometric view of a tie holder embodying my invention with the front flaps thereof being open;

Fig. 2 is an isometric view showing the tie holder of Fig. 1 in a folded condition;

Fig. 3 is the rear view of the tie holder shown in Fig. 1; and

Fig. 4 is an enlarged fragmental isometric view of the sleeve-forming strip.

As illustrated in the drawing, my tie holder embodies a portfolio having a generally rectangular shape and desirably formed from any suitable fold-able material, such as cloth, plastic, soft leather, or the like. By employing such a foldable material, the tie holder may be supported in an extended display position, or it may be compactly folded to be packed away, as in a drawer or suitcase.

The portfolio comprises a back wall having a centrally disposed vertical fold line 11 about which the portfolio is folded for packing away, as shown in Fig. 2. A pair of flaps 12 are secured to the back wall 10 along its upper and lateral edges to form a front closure for the portfolio with each of said flaps defining a pair of tie holding sections. Thus, the flaps may be closed to protect the ties held in the portfolio from becoming wrinkled or soiled, or folded back as shown in Fig. 1 to provide access to the ties.

Disposed within each of the tie-holding sections is a vertically extending strap 16 secured to the top and bottom edges of the back wall 10, as at 17, and adapted to 1 i d States Patent Patented July 21, 1959 ICC hold a plurality of pre-tied clip on bow ties. As shown in Fig. 1, the clip-on bow ties may be secured to the strap 16 by means of their clipsin the same manner as that in which they. are secured to a shirt collar when they are being worn. Conveniently, the straps 16 are formed from lengths of cloth binding tape, orstrips of. generally foldable material desirably reinforced along their margins as by hemming or the like. The straps 16 are slightly longer than the vertical depth of the back wall 10 so that their medial portions may be slightly raised from the back wall to facilitate clipping the ties thereon.

As shown in Fig. 1, there is also provided a strap 18 disposed transversely across each of the tie holding sections adjacent the upper edge thereof for holding both untied bow and four-in-hand ties and clip-on bow ties. Each of the straps 18 has one of its ends secured to a lateral edge of the back wall 10 and its opposite end secured to the back wall 10 adjacent the fold line 11. In using the straps 18, untied bow and four-in-hand ties are looped over the straps 18, and the clip-on bow ties are clipped to the bottom edge of the straps 18 in the same manner that they are clipped to the straps 16 as previously described.

Desirably, disposed transversely across the upper edges of the back face of the back wall 10 is a strip 20 of reinforced generally foldable material, such as stiffened binding tape or the like, adapted to be folded over itself to form an open-ended sleeve for the reception of a suitable supporting member, such as the horizontal strut of a conventional coat hanger 21, or a strip of wood or metal, for supporting the tie holder in an extended display-position, as in a closet, or on a wall. Conveniently, the binding tape forming the strip 20 is provided with a plurality of co-operating interlocking snaps 22 along each of its edges so that the strip may be folded over and releasably locked in position to form the open-ended sleeve for holding a coat hanger strut or other supporting member. In this manner such supporting members can be easily and quickly secured in position.

It is to be understood, of course, that other modifications of my invention, such as the provision of only vertically or horizontally disposed tie-holding straps, or the provision of only a single tie holding section, may be employed without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention as defined in the appended] claims.

I claim as my invention:

1. A tie holder, comprising a portfolio of a generally foldauble material having a back wall and a pair of front flaps secured to margins of said back wall to form a closure for said portfolio and define a pair of tie holding sections, strap members underlying said flaps and secured to said back wall adjacent the upper and loweredges thereof for holding a plurality of ties thereon, and means secured to the back face of the back wall adjacent the top margin thereof adapted to receive a supporting member for supporting the tie holder in an extended display position.

2. A tie holder as defined in claim 1 in which a second strap member is disposed adjacent the upper edge of each of said sections and is secured at one of its ends to a lateral edge of the back wall and at its opposite end to a point substantially laterally centered on the back wall.

3. A tie holder, comprising a portfolio of a generally foldable material having a back wall and a pair of front flaps secured to margins of said back wall to form a closure for said portfolio and define a pair of tie holding sections, and a pair of strap members disposed in each of said sections for holding a plurality of ties, said strap members being normal to each other and having their ends secured to the back wall, one of the strap members of each of said pair of strap members being References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Seiler May 16, 1922 4 Carroll May 27, 1924 Gilmore June 13, 1933 Peshek et alL' May 16, 1939 Glasker Aug. 1, 1939 Bohn Mar. 28, 1950 Watson Feb. 5, 1953 N in 

